Top 10 WORST Character Design Tropes (And I Draw Them All) || SPEEDPAINT + COMMENTARY

Summary

El script del video presenta una serie donde la creador Celestia critica y dibuja a sí misma como diferentes estereotipos de diseño de personajes que detesta, desde trajes de mascotas a collares de villanos. A lo largo del episodio, Celestia bromea y analiza diez estereotipos específicos, argumentando su impacto en la inmersión y la creatividad en el arte de los medios animados, mientras anima a la audiencia a debatir sus opiniones en los comentarios.

Takeaways

• 🎨 El video es patrocinado por Squarespace, una plataforma de construcción de sitios web que es muy valorada por el canal.
• 🖌️ La serie de videos de 'Art Trope Top 10' de Celestia se centra en las convenciones artísticas en la animación, tanto anime como occidental, que ella ama o desaprueba.
• 🔥 Celestia presenta su lista de los 10 peores tropos de diseño de personaje, con el propósito de bromea y no como una crítica seria a la calidad del arte.
• 🤡 El número uno en su lista es el uso de trajes de mascotas, que a pesar de ser efectivos para generar miedo, se han vuelto demasiado comunes y predecibles.
• 👚 El segundo tropo mencionado es el de los animales semi-vestidos, que plantea cuestiones de apropiación social y expectativas.
• 💄 El tercer tropo critica el uso de rasgos 'femeninos' estereotipados para comunicar la identidad de género de un personaje de una manera poco creativa.
• 🦸‍♀️ El cuarto tropo señala la incongruencia de villanos con armaduras frente a héroes sin protección, lo que rompe la inmersión narrativa.
• 👗 El quinto tropo, 'Hollywood pudgy', critica la representación de personajes llamados 'gordo' o 'chubby' que no lo son, lo que puede ser problemático y desagradable.
• 👘 El sexto tropo, 'impossibly low neckline', señala la imposibilidad física de ciertos diseños de ropa que parecen desafiar la gravedad.
• 🌾 El séptimo tropo se refiere a la esterilización del diseño de personajes agrícolas, que a menudo se limitan a usar camisas de cuadros y sobrealls.
• 🧥 El octavo tropo, 'villainous collar', critica el uso de cuellos altos y visibles como un indicativo obvio de la maldad de un personaje.
• 👶 El noveno tropo, 'popper patches', se refiere a la representación exagerada de la pobreza a través de parches en la ropa de los personajes.
• 🌟 El décimo tropo menciona la sobrediseño de protagonistas en comparación con los demás personajes, lo que los hace parecer inapropiados o exageradamente突出 en su universo.

Q & A

¿Qué es lo que Celestia critica en los primeros lugares de su lista de peores tropos de diseño de personajes?

Celestia critica los trajes de mascotas que resultan aterradormente macabros, como los que se ven en juegos de horror.

¿Por qué Celestia encuentra irritante el uso de trajes de mascotas en diseños de personaje?

Ella siente que se han vuelto un substituto para el diseño de personajes aterradormente originales y que muchos diseños simplemente los utilizan sin agregar nada creativo más allá de ser un traje de mascota.

¿Qué ejemplo específico menciona Celestia sobre personajes con características femeninas forzadas?

Celestia menciona el uso de labios pintados, pestañas largas y rubor como rasgos femeninos en diseños de personajes que de otra forma no los mostrarían.

¿Qué opina Celestia sobre el uso de elementos de vestuario femeninos en diseños de personajes?

Ella está cansada de este tropo y cree que hay formas más creativas de comunicar la feminidad de un personaje más allá de estereotipos obvios.

¿Cuál es la preocupación de Celestia con los personajes villanos con armaduras y héroes sin ellas?

Celestia critica la falta de lógica en que los héroes no se preparan con armaduras después de múltiples enfrentamientos con villanos armaduros.

¿Qué tropo de diseño de personajes irrita a Celestia en relación con los personajes llamados gordos o gorditas?

Ella se molesta con el tropo de 'Hollywood pudgy', donde personajes diseñados como de peso promedio son constantemente llamados gordos, lo cual puede normalizar el estigma del sobrepeso.

¿Por qué Celestia encuentra ridículo el uso de cuellos altos en diseños de personajes villanos?

Ella considera que los cuellos altos son una forma exagerada y anticuada de comunicar malicia, que más que intimidar, la hacen reír.

¿Qué tropo de diseño de personajes pobres con parche adhesivo molesta a Celestia?

Ella se irrita con el tropo de parche adhesivo, ya que considera que es una representación poco realista y exagerada de la pobreza.

¿Qué es lo que Celestia encuentra exagerado en los diseños de protagonistas que sobresalen en mundos con personajes normales?

Ella critica que los protagonistas diseñados con un exceso de detalles y complejidad se突出en demasiado y rompen la coherencia en el mundo ficticio.

¿Cómo es la actitud de Celestia hacia los comentarios y discusiones generadas por su lista de tropos de diseño de personajes?

Celestia fomenta y espera con interés las discusiones y comentarios de los espectadores, ya sea de acuerdo o en desacuerdo con su lista.

¿Qué tropos adicionales planea Celestia abordar en futuras series de videos?

Celestia planea hacer videos sobre los mejores y peores tropos de diseño de personajes originales y posiblemente también sobre los tropos de arte en videojuegos.

Outlines

00:00

😀 Introducción y patrocinio de Squarespace

El video comienza con un agradecimiento a Squarespace, la plataforma de creación de sitios web que patrocina el contenido. La presentadora, Celestia, bienvenida al espectador y menciona su serie favorita, 'Art Trope top 10', donde critica y alaba arquetipos artísticos en medios animados. Destaca su pasión por el arte derivada de la animación y cómo, tras consumir mucho contenido, identifica anécdotas comunes en el arte mismo. La serie incluye videos sobre los mejores y peores arquetipos en anime y animación occidental, donde Celestia se retrata a sí misma en diferentes arquetipos. La presentación continúa con un aviso sobre que este video puede ofender a algunos fanáticos de Five Nights at Freddy's.

05:01

😡 Crítica a los arquetipos de diseño de personajes

Celestia expresa su desagrado por los arquetipos de diseño de personajes que considera abusivos o mal utilizados. Destaca que no pretende ofender a nadie, sino simplemente compartir sus opiniones personales y hacer un video divertido. Aborda la problemática de las mascotas animatronic como en Five Nights at Freddy's, criticando la tendencia de usar trajes de mascotas para generar miedo, lo que a su vez, se ha vuelto una práctica común y poco creativa en juegos de horror. Argumenta que, aunque reconoce el éxito de FNAF en este aspecto, la sobreutilización de este arquetipo ha llegado a ser monótona.

10:03

🤔 Reflexiones sobre la vestimenta de personajes antropomórficos

Se discute el uso de la vestimenta en personajes antropomórficos, cuestionando la lógica detrás de su diseño. Critica la noción de que los animales personificados visten solo la mitad del cuerpo, como en el caso de Donald Duck, y cómo esto puede ser social y visualmente problemático. La presentadora también menciona la tendencia a estereotipar el género en los diseños de personajes, como la adición de elementos femeninos en diseños de mujeres en estilos artísticos simplificados, lo que considera una falta de creatividad y una refuerza de estereotipos de género.

15:04

🤨 Crítica a la falta de realismo en diseños de personajes

Celestia critica la falta de realismo en el diseño de personajes, especialmente en lo que respecta a la equipamiento de villanos y héroes. Plantea la paradoja de héroes que se enfrentan repetidamente a villanos blindados sin adoptar medidas de protección similares. Argumenta que, a pesar de la lógica detrás de la representación de villanos con armaduras, la ausencia de preparación en los héroes es incoherente y rompe la inmersión del espectador.

20:05

😒 Problemas con los estereotipos de diseño de personajes

Se mencionan varios problemas con los estereotipos de diseño de personajes, como 'Hollywood pudgy', donde se burlan de los personajes por ser 'gordo' o 'chubby' a pesar de tener un diseño delgado, lo que puede ser problemático y desagradable para aquellos con problemas de imagen corporal. Además, se critica la tendencia a diseñar a las mujeres con escotes muy bajos que parecen desafiar la gravedad y la falta de originalidad en la representación de personajes campesinos con uniformes de gingham y overalls.

25:05

😡 Crítica a collares de villanos y parches de pobres

Celestia critica el uso de collares altos y visibles en diseños de villanos, que a menudo parecen más una cuestión de moda que una característica práctica, y cómo esto puede hacer que los personajes parezcan cómicos en lugar de intimidantes. También se menciona el trote de los 'popper patches', donde los personajes pobres o sin hogar se representan con parches cuadrados en sus ropas, que se considera una representación exagerada y poco realista de la pobreza.

🤨 Problemas con diseños de protagonistas sobrediseñados

El video concluye con una crítica a los diseños de protagonistas que son demasiado complejos y detallados en comparación con el resto de los personajes, lo que rompe la coherencia del mundo ficticio y hace que el protagonista parezca un elemento foráneo. La presentadora argumenta que hay formas más sutiles y creativas de hacer que un protagonista se destaque sin necesidad de recurrir a un exceso de detalles en su diseño.

🙂 Conclusión y agradecimientos

Celestia cierra el video agradeciendo a los espectadores y a los miembros del canal por su apoyo. Anuncia futuros videos en la serie, incluyendo los 'mejores' arquetipos de diseño de personajes y posiblemente arquetipos de diseño de personajes originales y de videojuegos. Anima a los espectadores a compartir sus opiniones y sugerencias en los comentarios, subrayando que una de las partes más enjoyables de hacer la serie es ver las reacciones de la audiencia.

Keywords

💡Trope

Un 'trope' se refiere a un patrón o tema recurrente en la literatura, el cine o otros medios de expresión, que se convierte en un cliché debido a su frecuente uso. En el video, el concepto de 'trope' es central, ya que el creador discute los clichés en el diseño de personajes que ama o desagrada, usando el término para describir estas convenciones artísticas.

💡Art Trope

El 'Art Trope' es un tipo específico de trope que se refiere a las convenciones o patrones en el diseño y la representación artística de personajes o escenas. En el video, el creador explora su favorito 'Art Trope', evaluando y comentando los patrones en los diseños de personajes de medios animados que le gustan o le desagradan.

💡Anime

Anime es un término que se refiere a los dibujos animados producidos en Japón o que siguen su estilo artístico. En el script, el creador menciona su amor por el anime y la animación occidental como una de las razones por las que se interesó en el arte, lo que influenció su serie de videos sobre 'Art Trope'.

💡Character Design

El 'Character Design' es el proceso de creación y conceptualización de los personajes en un juego, película, cómic o cualquier otro medio, incluyendo su apariencia física, ropaje y accesorios. El video se centra en las críticas y elogios de ciertos patrones en el diseño de personajes que el creador encuentra repetitivos o predecibles.

💡Mascot Suit

Un 'Mascot Suit' es un atuendo que representa a un animal, personaje o símbolo, a menudo usado en eventos deportivos o de entretenimiento para animar a la multitud. En el video, el creador critica el uso excesivo de trajes de mascotas en diseños de personajes, que a menudo se asocian con un sentimiento de aprensión o terror.

💡Half-Clothed Animals

Este término describe a personajes antropomórficos que, aunque lleven ciertas prendas de vestir, no están completamente vestidos, lo que puede causar confusión o humor. El creador del video menciona este patrón como uno de sus menos favoritos, destacando la inconsistencia en la vestimenta de animales personificados.

💡Feminine Features

Las 'feminine features' son rasgos o atributos que se asocian con la feminidad, como labios carnosos, pestañas largas o un colorete. El video critica el uso de estos rasgos estereotipados para indicar la feminidad de un personaje, en lugar de desarrollar características únicas y creativas.

💡Armor

El 'armor' se refiere a la protección que se usa en combate, a menudo asociada con los villanos en el diseño de personajes. El creador del video discute cómo la presencia del armamento en los villanos y la falta de él en los héroes puede ser un cliché que rompe la inmersión y parece lógicamente inconsistente.

💡Hollywood Pudgy

Este término describe una situación en la que un personaje es constantemente referido como 'gordo' o 'gordito', a pesar de que su diseño es simplemente promedio o ligeramente más grande que otros personajes. El video critica este trope por normalizar estándares de belleza imposibles y fomentar el estigma hacia el peso.

💡Low Neckline

Un 'Low Neckline' se refiere a un diseño de prenda que expone una gran cantidad de piel del pecho, a menudo para enfatizar los atributos físicos de un personaje. El creador del video critica este patrón por ser implausible, ya que la falta de soportes en diseños de escote muy bajos parece desafiar la gravedad.

💡Farmer Stereotypes

Los 'stereotypes of farmers' incluyen diseños de personajes que usan overoles y camisas de cuadritos para representar a los agricultores. El video discute cómo estos estereotipos son aburridos y pueden ser reemplazados con diseños más creativos que no se repitan en la cultura popular.

💡Villain Collar

Un 'Villain Collar' es un elemento de diseño que transforma una capa o chaqueta en una representación visual inequívoca de maldad. El video critica este trope por ser una representación exagerada y poco creíble que a menudo provoca risas en lugar de temor o respeto.

💡Patcher Patches

Las 'patcher patches' son parches rectangulares que se colocan en la ropa de personajes pobres o sin hogar para indicar su precaria situación económica. El video critica este patrón por ser una representación poco realista y exagerada de la pobreza que no refleja la forma en que las personas realmente reparan sus prendas.

💡Overdesigned Protagonist

Un 'Overdesigned Protagonist' es un personaje principal cuya complejidad y detalle en el diseño los hacen destacar excesivamente en un mundo de personajes con diseños más sencillos. El video critica este trope por ser un método poco sutil de hacer que el protagonista se destaque, lo que puede resultar en una falta de credibilidad y coherencia en el universo narrativo.

Highlights

Introduction of the video series 'Art Trope Top 10' by Celestia, focusing on recurring tropes in art, particularly in animated media.

The video discusses the overuse of 'creepy mascot suit' character design trope, especially in horror games, and its impact on the genre.

Celestia roasts the 'half-clothed animals' trope, questioning the logic behind partial clothing on anthropomorphic characters.

Critique of using overly feminine features as a lazy design choice to denote female characters in simplistic art styles.

The video addresses the trope of villains wearing armor while heroes remain unprotected, questioning its narrative logic.

Celestia criticizes the 'Hollywood pudgy' trope for promoting unrealistic beauty standards and fat shaming.

Discussion on the implausibility of 'impossibly low necklines' in character designs and their distraction from the story.

The stereotype of farmers in media being depicted in denim overalls or gingham shirts is examined.

Celestia mocks the 'villain collar' trope, which is an overused visual cue for evil characters.

The 'popper patches' trope, used to signify poverty, is criticized for being unrealistic and overdone.

The issue of 'overdesigned protagonists' in contrast to the normalcy of other characters in their world is highlighted.

Celestia emphasizes that the video's content is her personal opinion and not a serious critique of the tropes.

The importance of professional-looking portfolios for artists and how Squarespace facilitates this is discussed.

A call to action for viewers to share their thoughts on the discussed tropes and suggestions for future videos.

Acknowledgment of sponsors and channel members for their support, emphasizing the community aspect of the channel.

Celestia teases upcoming videos in the 'Art Trope Top 10' series, including best and worst original character designs.

Transcripts

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hey guys it's Celestia and welcome back

to what might be my favorite series on

the channel one that I've casually come

to call Art Trope top 10 like a lot of

artists my reason for getting into art

in the first place was a love for

animated media both in the form of anime

and Western animation and because of

that love for it I've consumed a lot of

it over the years and it's pretty

impossible to watch as much animated

content as I have without seeing the

same tropes popping up over and over

again not in the content itself in terms

of plot although there's obviously no

shortage of those either but in the art

itself and naturally the more those same

art tropes popped up the more I came to

either love or hate them and as someone

with impeccable taste and nothing but

correct opinions the obvious Next Step

was to make a video series roasting the

ones I hate and gushing over the ones I

love while drawing Celestia as all of

them so far I've done four videos in the

series including the top 10 best and

worst anime art tropes and the top 10

best and worst animation art tropes in

which I've drawn Celestia with

everything from a horrifying fishey lens

angle to the Chad chain of Justice to

the nightmare fuel yoi hands and because

I've had so much fun with those and you

guys have seemed to like the series so

far I'm going to keep it going so

welcome to the top 10 worst character

design art tropes where I both roast and

poorly draw Celestia as the character

design tropes that I hate the most get

ready it's going to be awful and I can

almost guarantee that I'm going to end

up roasting something you love hard

enough that you roast me in the comments

for it so it's obviously going to be a

good time all around Jokes Aside or as

close to aside as I'm capable of these

are just my opinions the series is just

just for fun and I'm not saying the

tropes I hate are objectively bad or the

tropes I like are objectively good I

don't mean to legitimately offend by

roasting anything that you like or

praising anything you hate nor am I

making any kind of serious commentary on

the value or quality of the tropes in

any of these videos Beyond just why I

hate or love them you're welcome to

disagree and I fully expect and

encourage you two in the comments just

please do so civy and with the

understanding that this series is one

big joke I made for Laughs you might

think that this disclaimer didn't need

to be made but you don't have the

context of knowing exactly how many

people got legitimately mad at me after

I made the mistake of roasting the

generic brown-haired anime protagonist

Trope because I had the audacity to

include their favorite husbands as

examples I love daai and light as much

as the next weeb but my God y'all take

feral Devotion to them to new levels I

only meant their designs not their

personalities please spare me and more

importantly please spare me from a

repeat of that rage because I'm about to

piss off a lot of Five Nights at

Freddy's fans if you don't give me a

pass as a silly little clown and not a

serious commentator at least in this

instance not that I'm not all always a

silly little clown even when I'm also a

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roasting some art tropes like I said in

the intro I fully anticipate that I'm

about to piss off a lot of Five Nights

at Freddy's fans with this video so I

may as well get poking that bear out of

the way right off the bat with the

number one character design Trope I hate

the most the creepy mascot suit okay I

know calm down hear me out I get it I've

been to a Chuck-E-Cheese it's not like I

don't understand what's so viscerally

disturbing about animatronic mascots the

Trope exists for a reason and it's

because 90% of mascot suits whether

they're intended to be or not are more

fundamentally frightening than an

eldrich Abomination or a biblically

accurate angel I by no means intend to

minimize the existential dread that any

normal human being experiences looking

into the cold dead eyes of a mascot suit

or the way they make you question what

went wrong with Humanity as a whole that

led us to think that continuing to make

these things was not only a good idea

but one that children would find

charming and cute rather than fuel for

their sleep paralysis demons I met a

McDonald's employee in a Grimace suit as

a child and I don't think I ever fully

recovered from that so trust me when I

say I understand that this Trope is as

popular as it is because mascot suits

are not just effective at conveying

uncanny creepiness their monstrosities

that mankind should feel nothing but

regret for creating but as much as I

would choose any number of torture

methods over being alone in a room with

Robbie the rabbit or even any member of

the Chuck-E-Cheese animatronic band that

is finally being phased out for very

good reason I also have to acknowledge

that their creepiness has diminishing

returns when it feels like every new

horror game relies solely on those

creepy mascot suits to make the

character's designs scary when Five

Nights at Freddy's first came out the

Trope wasn't nearly as overdone at least

not in my opinion they broke new ground

in creating sincerely unsettling

character designs with their mascots

that elicited a brand new kind of fear

in both those who played the games and

those who simply had a passing knowledge

of them so FNAF fans don't drag me too

hard for putting this strope at number

one because I don't think FNAF is

actually an example of it being overdone

or poorly executed I fear few things

more than the idea of being shoved into

a frdy Fazbear suit and I give the games

all the credit in the world for

eliciting that fear in me and so many

others so effectively but it's because

they did it so well that it feels like

the entire rest of the world followed

suit immediately afterwards with a

million different pieces of media

popping up to capitalize on the fact

that suddenly the shared Collective

societal experience of finding mascot

suits creepy was being validated and

weaponized against us in the form of

horror game that we paid for the

privilege of being scared shitless by

and gradually as more and more shows

games and movies jumped on the trend the

creepy mascot suits kind of stopped

being creepy Instead at least in my

opinion they started being used as

substitutes for legitimately unsettling

character designs it started feeling

less like new spins were being put on

mascot suit character designs to make

them creepy and more like mascot suits

were being used as a way to avoid the

need to come up with creepy character

designs at all because mascot suits as a

whole were already creepy why bother

find finding new design elements to make

a character creepy when just putting

them in a mascot suit is enough that's

not to say that FNAF was the be all end

all of creatively creepy mascot suit

designs or even that all of them even

were creative to begin with I think a

lot of them did fall into the same

category of being creepy on the basis of

just being mascot suits alone actually

with little more to add to that Fear

Factor beyond that it also wasn't the

first game to use creepy mascots with

Robbie the rabbit traumatizing Silent

Hill fans 2 years prior to its release

and many other instances preceding that

too and even afterwards other games and

shows managed to put new spins on the

Trope that did succeed at making them

uniquely unsettling contributing more to

their designs than just being mascot

suits just because I think Five Nights

at Freddy's was one of the better

examples doesn't mean I think it's the

first or only example it's just that it

blew up so much that it's not only the

example that almost everyone thinks of

first it's also the example that made

the Trope as popular as it is now and

because it's so popular despite the fact

that I do find mascot suits creepy I'm

beyond sick of seeing them in even more

character designs in me media because so

few of those designs actually do

anything creative with the mascot suits

Beyond slapping them onto a character

and saying boom they're scary now I'm

not against mascot suits being used in

character designs by any means I'm just

so bored of seeing the same ones over

and over except in Wily's Wonderland

Willies Wonderland gets a pass and

that's only like 50% because I've

watched it 10 times just to absorb as

much of Nick Cage communicating

wordlessly by way of drinking soda at

people alone as I could but I've rambled

for long enough about mascot suits feel

free to swear Vengeance on me for for

not liking Garden of band band's

groundbreakingly creative mascot suit

designs in the comments I understand

well I wait for you to track me down and

exact your revenge in what I can only

hope is a proper Kill Bill homage

because otherwise you're really just

wasting both of our time let's move on

to the number two worst character design

Trope the half clothed animals the first

and most infamous example of this that

comes to mind is Donald Duck probably

because I've spent too much of my life

watching friends and chanders unhinged

rambling about how he wears a shirt but

no pants but still puts a towel around

his waist when he gets out of the shower

lives rentree in my head and that's

because he's right what's up with that

if you're going to anthropomorphize an

animal I understand putting them in

clothes when Mark Twain said that

clothes make the man because naked

people have little to no influence on

society he made a difficult point to

argue with and if you're going to make a

bunch of animal characters interact with

Society like humans the decent thing for

them to do is join the rest of us in our

commitment to wearing clothes I get that

I also get humanizing them and having

them wear no clothes because even if

there are also clothed humans in the

same universe it's still a valid

argument that animals wouldn't have a

reason to given that blue jays and

raccoons like morai and Rigby aren't

generally ruled by the same restrictive

human standards that Force us not to

treat life like one big nud dist Beech

but what I don't get is only going

halfway and giving them half an outfit

why what are the rules for that like

societally do they not have to wear

clothes at all to be socially

appropriate but they choose to anyway

for no reason but pure commitment to the

aesthetic does social etiquette dictate

that they do have to wear as many

clothes as humans do and their failure

to do so by only wearing the top or

bottom half of an outfit is some kind of

uncomfortable exhibitionism that we as

viewers are forced to subject ourselves

to the latter feels like it's the case

with Donald Duck because he has the

decency to cover his bottom half when he

gets out of the shower but refuses to

wear pants in any other setting and I

don't know how to feel about that I know

I don't like it either design your

anthropomorphic characters to have zero

clothes or full outfits don't leave them

half-dressed and leave me horrified at

the social implications of that next up

the number three worst character design

Trope when quote unquote feminine

features are thrown onto a character

design just to make it clear that the

character is female this is mostly seen

in very simplistic art styles where

there are very few Design Elements to

speak of in the first place that make

the character's gender obvious so

instead of just either letting that

gender be unclear until it's addressed

in the plot or finding some other

creative way to make it obvious they

just slap on some girly stereotype so

that we immediately understand that the

character is female it's usually

something like a bow or a flower in

their hair pretty much anything pink

lipstick long hair even when other

characters in the series don't have any

hair at all or long eyelashes and blush

but there are other examples like female

characters being given skirts while male

characters don't even have pants or

girly accessories like jewelry being

added in a universe that otherwise

doesn't have accessories I'll give the

long eyelashes and lipstick a pass for

two reasons one I do that in my own art

by giving more pronounced lips and

eyelashes to female characters than

males because it is pretty effective at

emphasizing their femininity or lack

thereof and I would be a massive

hypocrite not to acknowledge that

especially in heavily stylized art where

features are simplified to such a

significant degree that depicting more

realistic indicators of gender is

difficult it's helpful to do that it

still implies that masculine characters

can't have fluffy eyelashes full lips or

lipstick which is part of the reason I'm

trying to do it less but I get it and

two while I passionately disagree with

the widely societally accepted belief

that only women should wear makeup that

belief is so widely accepted that

whether we like it or not it is

primarily women who do gender shouldn't

play any role in whether or not you get

to enjoy putting pretty stuff on your

face as far as I'm concerned but I

acknowledge that much of the world

disagrees with me so it doesn't make

realistic sense for female characters to

be drawn with thicker eyelashes and more

defined lips when it's primarily women

in reality that wear mascara and

lipstick or lip gloss again it shouldn't

be and I'm glad we're moving away from

that more now but that has historically

usually been the case but the other

hastily slapped on feminine features to

force us to acknowledge that a character

is a girl no no more pass is given I'm

so sick of this Trope if I see one more

animated show where none of the male

characters have hair or clothing but the

female characters have long hair and

bows and dresses and skirts all in pink

so that them being girls is effec AC L

screamed at us from the rooftop I'm

going to scream from the rooftop it's

about as creative as a Mr Beast

thumbnail and yes I realize that my own

thumbnails are the anime equivalent we

all make sacrifices in life to get by

and minus the Integrity of my video

thumbnails and as subtle as a punch in

the face and there have to be better

ways to communicate that a character is

a girl than putting a bow on their head

and calling it a day I don't even know

why their gender has to be so clearly

established by their character design in

the first place honestly I mean we

usually see these characters in stories

and plots that establish their gender

anyway can they not just have design

elements ments that are unique to them

as individuals rather than them as girls

or boys I don't know you might disagree

with me on this one but it just irks me

probably to a hypocritical degree since

I do it to an extent in my own work but

I'm working on it I also get annoyed

when people are too distracted by their

phones to look where they're going and

then turn around and walk into a stop

sign because I was catching an Eevee in

Pokémon go I'm human give me a break the

fourth worst character design Trope on

my list is when regardless of narrative

context villains are designed to have

armor while Heroes have none and before

you get mad at me yes I understand why

this happen so of it makes them look

more imposing and intimidating it gives

them an unfair advantage over the hero

that reinforces their role as an

underdog it makes them seem physically

larger and therefore more of a threat it

makes fighting them more difficult and

so on I completely get the narrative and

design reasons that villains so

frequently get armor while Heroes don't

I'm not even criticizing that as being a

bad or lazy design choice I think it's

honestly a pretty reasonable way to

visually communicate all of the traits I

just mentioned that Define a villain

through their design it doesn't annoy me

because it's legitimately a bad design

Choice it annoys me because I can't

stand how much it breaks immersion for

me when the villain is first introduced

fine it makes sense that the hero would

be unprepared maybe they didn't know

their adversary was going to have armor

or that they were going to run into them

at that very moment and they were caught

off guard without the option to prepare

in advance and wear armor themselves but

if the hero knows the villain is wearing

some adamantium ass armor that's

impossible to pierce and gives them a

ridiculously significant Advantage

wouldn't you think that they would

eventually have the foresight to think

hey maybe I should wear some too when I

deliberately walk into a fight against

them wouldn't that be a crazy idea being

prepared no there comes a point where

it's just ridiculous to me that the

heroes wouldn't after a million fights

against the same armored villains

finally develop an ounce of common sense

that tells them to maybe wear some of

their own so the [ __ ] they're trying

to beat don't constantly have the

advantage over them the number of

superheroes still wearing spandex while

their nemeses are protected by

impenetrable steel is just thoroughly

indefensible to me at this point I get

it if they have healing powers or

unpierceable skin or something and I

also get that to a degree it's to show

that they're so much stronger than the

villain that they don't need to have the

same advantages as they do to win anyway

but it's just on a purely logical level

this Trope drives me insane I refuse to

believe that after facing the same

armored adversaries over and over again

not a single hero would choose to so

much as put on a shirt or something more

protective than a tunic or spandex I

refuse anyway next on the list is the

fifth worst character designed Trope one

that TV Tropes refers to as Hollywood

pudgy it's when the other characters in

a show constantly refer to another

character as fat or chubby but they're

literally just designed to be average or

slightly larger than the other

characters I may be a little more

critical of this as someone who's always

found that triggering since I grew up

with body image issues and have

struggled with them my whole life but

seeing so many characters be called fat

when their designs only actually depict

them as being a completely average

weight messed with me for a long ass

time and while I'm now older and wiser

and recognize that it's mostly just a

dumb gag for Laughs I still think it's

dumb as hell and whether it intends to

or not it normalizes impossible beauty

standards and encourages fat shaming

while also completely missing an

opportunity to actually include a real

plus-sized character like if you're

going to design a character that you

plan to have other characters see as and

call Chubby or fat you could at least

make them chubby or fat designing them

to only be slightly larger than the

other characters while still maintaining

stereotypically thin proportions and

then having the mockery of their weight

still be a continuous ongoing joke it's

dumb it pisses me off and there are a

million reasons that it's legitimately

harmful I know it's almost never

intended to be I know a bunch of you

will tell me to grow up and stop whining

about a dumb Trope that's obviously a

joke I don't care it's annoying and it's

earned its place on this list and I will

die on this hill give me actually chubby

characters and let me shower them with

love or give me death of course I'm sure

some of you will just choose to give me

death and if so you can join the Kill

Bill Revenge Squad from earlier I'll be

waiting number six is probably going to

piss even more of you off at least at

first so just hear me out it's the

impossibly low neckline I get it stop

writing your little comments and let me

finish I like boobs as much as the next

guy I'm a chaotic lesbian no shame who

thoroughly understands the value of a

good revealing character design I have

no problem with the hot lady's boobs

being emphasized by her outfit in one

way or another I mean good for her we

support women wearing what they want in

this house and that includes women being

designed to show off their um assets so

to speak to try to be familyfriendly

here with whatever neckline they please

but there comes a point where the

necklines are designed so low with no

straps whatsoever that I can't even look

at the character without worrying that

her boobs are going to fall out of her

shirt with the slightest movement and I

can't suspend disbelief long enough to

sincerely believe that it's physically

possible for them not to it's not the

fact that their boobs are out that

bothers me it's the fact that there is

nothing holding them up and all I can

think about is the fact that they're

somehow Defying Gravity through sheer

willpower alone it's distracting and it

has absolutely nothing to do with how

revealing the design is and everything

to do with how physically impossible it

is all I'm asking for is some straps you

don't need to make the tops less low cut

Just give me a reason to believe that

these poor women are able to walk around

without committing an act of public

indecency because they had the audacity

to move that's all I want up next we

have number seven one that I'm

particularly passionate about because

I'm from Alberta which many would

consider to be the Texas of Canada

characters that are farmers being

designed in either denim overalls or

gingham shirts or even worse both at

once and look I get it I do I've watched

Survivor and big Tom did nothing if not

prove that the stereotype of farmers

wearing overalls or in his case nothing

but overalls has a basis in reality I've

also known plenty of farmers that have

closets full of nothing but gingham

shirts and even one who actually

differentiated the formality of their

gingham shirts based on the color and

the complexity of their design I am from

a province of people that prove this

Trope right and that does absolutely

nothing to make me hate it less i' die

inside even more when they also have a

straw hat or cowboy hat which are far

too of from the quintessential companion

accessory for dingham Farmer character

designs please I am begging you find a

new way to make it clear that a

character is a farmer that doesn't

involve coating them in plaid or

slapping overalls onto them there have

to be more I refuse to believe that

there aren't Marty from stardew Valley

is a farmer without overalls or gingham

Nao from Pia is another although he

walks a thin line cuz his outfit has

straps like overall and his dad does fit

the Trope to a tea maybe it's because

I've met so many real life iterations of

this Trope living where I do that I

can't bear to see another one in media

but if I see one more farmer character

drawn in overalls in plaid I am going to

have an aneurysm number eight is equally

nitpicky and would probably bother

absolutely no one as much as it bothers

me and it's the ridiculous villain

collar the high upturned collar that's

used not to Shield them from the cold

but to turn any normal Cape or coat into

the most obvious overdone visual cue

that they are in fact the embodiment of

evil sometimes it's literally just that

their clothing wouldn't otherwise

suggest that they're a villain and if

their collar wasn't flipped up and 8 ft

tall their coat would be a completely

normal mundane coat that anyone could

wear without making bystandard feel like

they're plotting their imminent demise

but by way of it being upturned alone

that immediately informs us that no it

is not just a coat it's an embodiment of

their malice a physical representation

of their overwhelming degeneracy

evidence that they are in fact so evil

that the magnitude of their villain

alone was strong enough to force their

collar into a permanent upright position

similar to the farmers and the gaman

overalls this is not a criticism of the

validity of the design itself I

understand that it contributes to an

imposing ominous silhouette and makes a

dramatic statement which is fitting

given how many villains are

overwhelmingly dramatic I get it I just

I also don't get it it just makes them

look like vampires or edgy teenagers

trying to look cool I don't know I just

it's goofy it's so overdone that it's

goofy at least to me and seeing the

ridiculously tall collars just makes me

laugh rather than finding the villain

wearing them intimidating I just calm

down buddy the atrocities you're

committing in the plot are enough it's

clear that you're evil you can put your

collar down I'm sure you'll be

pleasantly surprised by the value of

having your peripheral vision restored

after Decades of it being obscured by

your super cool attempt to look edgy and

tough there are so many characters that

come to mind that are legitimately

terrifying individuals that I want to

find imposing but they've upturned their

colors so high that the sight of them

alone just makes me giggle could they

SWAT me like a bug probably would I die

laughing at their collar without a

single regret in my final moments

absolutely number nine in what is a

recurring theme of not just this video

but really the whole series is also

ridiculously nitpicky and it's what TV

Tropes calls the popper patches when a

character that's poor or homeless is

designed with a bunch of usually Square

patches poorly sewn into their clothing

to show that they're impoverished enough

not to be able to replace torn clothing

instead being forced to patch it up

themselves bonus points if they're also

given those fingerless gloves that

aren't fingerless because they're a seen

kid from the early 2010s but because the

fingers of the gloves were simply torn

or worn off over time and the character

can't afford to replace them so they

just keep wearing them anyway am I

saying there's no basis for this in

reality absolutely not I've patched

holes in a lot of my own clothing over

the years because I couldn't afford to

replace it and tried to salvage it

instead and I know a lot of people are

in similar positions using that to

visually communicate a character's

poverty isn't unreasonable fundamentally

I don't have a problem with that in

theory it's just that in practice it

drives me insane because the way it's

done at this point is so overdone and

ridiculous that it makes characters look

like they're trying and failing to DIY a

Sal cosplay from Nightmare Before

Christmas I've sewn up holes in more

pieces of clothing than I can count over

the years and never once have I patched

them with a hastily slapped on square of

fabric from something else that's often

a different color altogether with

stitching on the outside and no effort

made to hide the patch at all do I speak

for everyone who's ever patched clothing

no of course not do I understand that

this Trope isn't supposed to be

realistic so it shouldn't matter that

it's not an accurate representation of

reality yes obviously does it piss me

off anyway it's on the list isn't it

it's just there are so many better ways

to show that a character is poor through

their design even in really simplified

Styles I can think of 20 more creative

options than putting random patches on

their clothing that would communicate

their poverty just as clearly and

actually contribute to an interesting

character design that hasn't been done a

million times before it's even worse

when the patched clothing is otherwise

completely pristine like it's not torn

it's not tattered there's no visible

wear and tear beyond the fact that it's

covered in poorly stitched on patches of

other kinds of fabric it bugs me it just

bugs me and I know I'm nitpicking things

no one else cares about I know there's

nothing wrong with the poter patches

fundamentally but it's my video and I'll

whine about garbage if I want to finally

number 10 may be the last but that

should by no means suggest that I hate

it the least no it's last because I want

to end strong with one of the character

design tropes I hate the most the

overdesigned protagonist in a world of

characters with normal hair colors eye

colors and outfits that are all

well-designed but not overwhelmingly

intricate or outlandish it would make

sense for a protagonist to stand out

from them a little with one or two

notable features that set them apart

while still fitting in amongst their

peers what does not make the slightest

bit of sense to me is for them to

instead have such detailed impossibly

complex designs that it's like they're

from a different Universe Al together

they don't just stand out from their

peers by being a more unique version of

them at least design-wise they stand out

from their peers by looking like they

literally just step directly out of an

alternate Dimension if you have a cast

of characters with natural hair colors

and eye colors that are all wearing

school uniforms or casual outfits and

your protagonist has purple hair red

eyes cat ear Wings 800 accessories and

an intricate overdesigned outfit with a

million tiny detailed elements

contributing to its complexity you

haven't created a noteworthy protagonist

that catches the viewer's eye as more

special and interesting than the other

characters while still making sense in

your world you've created a character

with a design that's about as subtle as

them walking up to you and screaming can

you tell that I'm special I'm special

I'm the protagonist I'm not like other

girls I understand using Design Elements

to separate noteworthy characters from

less noteworthy characters but there's a

limit to the number of quote unquote

special design elements that stand out

from the established normal of the

setting that can be added before it just

looks ridiculous please calm down with

your ebony Darkness dementia ravenway

protagonist designs I promise you there

are better ways to make them stand out

without making them stand out so much

that it's more funny than it is

interesting and there we have the top 10

character design art tropes I hate the

most what do you think have I filled you

with an adequate amount of Rage by

roasting something you love or do you

agree with my list what character design

tropes trigger your nitpicky hatred like

these ones trigger mine please let me

know in the comments because half of the

fun of this series is seeing how

passionately you guys agree or disagree

Ree and hearing you rant about other

tropes I hadn't even considered it's my

favorite part second only to being able

to draw Celestia in the dumbest possible

settings anyway like I said in the

beginning I'll be following this up with

the top 10 best character design art

Trope soon and then after that I'm

thinking about doing the top 10 best and

worst original character design tropes

to keep the series going maybe video

game art tropes too but I'm always

looking for new types of art tropes to

add to the series so I have an excuse to

make more of these videos so please feel

free to also comment your suggestions

for those because I am very open to

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